Annual Report to Members
Annual General Meeting
June 19, 2012
Annual General Meeting 2011-2012
June 19, 2012
Table of Contents
Meeting Agenda..........................................................................................................................................................3
Chapter President’s Message ....................................................................................................................................4
AGM 2011 Minutes .....................................................................................................................................................7
Treasurer’s Report ................................................................................................................................................... 11
VP and Chair of Program Committee Update ......................................................................................................... 14
Director Communications Update ............................................................................................................................ 15
Director Membership Update ................................................................................................................................... 15
Director CISA Update .............................................................................................................................................. 17
Director CISM Update.............................................................................................................................................. 17
Director Marketing Update ....................................................................................................................................... 18
Director Academic Relations Update....................................................................................................................... 18
Director IT Governance Update ............................................................................................................................... 19
Webmaster Update .................................................................................................................................................. 19
Nominations for Board of Directors 2012-2013 ....................................................................................................... 20
Appendix A – Chapter Board of Directors 2011-2012 ............................................................................................. 21
Appendix B – Program Committee Members 2011-2012........................................................................................ 22
Appendix C – Past Chapter Presidents ................................................................................................................... 23
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Meeting Agenda
8:00 – 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 10:00
Breakfast and Business Meeting
Welcome and Call to Order
Chapter President’s Message (15 minutes)
President
Presentation of Minutes of the 2010-11 Annual General
Meeting and the Agenda for Approval (5 minutes)
Secretary
Treasurer’s Report and Presentation of Interim Financial
Statements for 2011-2012 (10 minutes)
Treasurer
Introduction of Successful CISA, CISM, CGEIT, and
CRISC Candidates (10 minutes)
Nominations and Election of 2012-2013 Board of
Directors (10 minutes)
Presentations to Outgoing Board Members (5 minutes)
Incoming President’s Remarks (5 minutes)
10:00 – 10:15
Networking Break
10:15 – 10:20
Introduction of Guest Speaker: Mr. Ken Taylor, Vice
President of Cyber Resilience - Canada, CGI
10:20 – 10:50
10:50 – 11:00
Guest Speaker’s Address and Q&A
Adjournment – Board of Directors Photos (Outgoing and
Incoming)
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Director, CISA
Director, CISM
Director, IT Governance
Nominating Committee
Chair
President
New Chapter President
Director, IT Governance
Keynote Speaker
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Chapter President’s Message
Dear Members,
Welcome to the 2011-2012 ISACA Ottawa Valley Chapter’s Annual General Meeting.
This is the time of the year when your Board of Directors is providing you with a report on the activities that took
place during the past fiscal year. Many people, all volunteers, contribute to making our chapter successful, and
this Annual Report to Members is our opportunity to highlight their contributions and inform the membership of our
progress.
Let me start with the fact that, in the fall of 2011, the Board of Directors developed a new vision and mission
statement for our chapter, and laid down the strategic objectives, strategic goals and key performance indicators
meant to help measure the performance of the chapter Board. We have also improved our governance by
developing a confidentiality agreement / non-disclosure agreement which all our Board members signed last fall.
While most of the goals listed in the document are long-term, I am very excited to report that some of them have
been achieved in part already due to the hard work that was done during the past fiscal year:
Strategic goal #1: Position ISACA OVC as the preeminent professional organization for individuals specializing in
the areas of information systems assurance and security, enterprise governance of IT, and IT-related risk and
compliance:
 Our membership has increased 14.7 per cent over last year’s number, from 430 to 441 (2.6 per cent
increase)
 The number of certificate holders increased on average by 26.7 per cent: CISA from 229 to 251 (a 9.6 per
cent increase); CISM from 67 to 74 (a 10.4 per cent increase); CGEIT from 29 to 28 (a 3.4 per cent
decrease); CRISC from 40 to 76 certificates holders (a 90 per cent increase).
 Our membership renewal percentage decreased in 2012 to 85.23% (as compared to 87.89% in 2011).
The Chapter President and the Director Membership had a meeting with Michel Lambert, the ISACA
International’s regional representative of the Membership Growth Retention Committee (MGRC), to seek
advice in terms of new membership retention initiatives to be implemented in the forthcoming year. Also,
we continued to work with ISACA International on developing a marketing campaign to attract new
members.
 We had a series of excellent presentations done in front of university students, with two of them held at
the University of Ottawa and one at Carleton University.
 We orchestrated a very successful marketing campaign by publishing ads in the FrontLine Security
magazine in the fall of 2011 and again in the spring of 2012. The Chapter President was also interviewed
by the magazine about the local chapter’s activities and the role ISACA certified individuals play in
helping organizations implement key controls to reduce the probability of cyber attacks happening, and
their expected impact.
 We have showcased our chapter and ISACA with its valuable tools and certifications at the joint ISACA
Ottawa Valley Chapter (ISACA OVC) and National Capital Security Partnership Forum (NCSPF) event
titled “Information Assurance in the Real World“, held on October 12 th of last year (see below for more
details).
 We continued to channel job advertising in the areas of information systems assurance and security,
enterprise governance of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance through ISACA OVC’s website.
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Strategic goal #2: Promote ISACA’s IS auditing and IS control standards, including the internationally recognized
COBIT®, Val IT™ and Risk IT frameworks, and their use by practitioners who are part of both public and private
sectors organizations active in the Ottawa Valley:
 On June 29, 2011 the Chapter President together with Mr. Bill Kessels, Ottawa-based Ernst & Young
Partner, made a presentation about the local chapter, ISACA and its certifications and tools at the
CAATTs Working Group meeting chaired by Mr. David Coderre, Director with the Assistant Comptroller
General's Office (Treasury Board of Canada). During the questions and answers period working group
members provided valuable feedback on the types of future ISACA Ottawa Valley Chapter events federal
government employees would be interested in, suggestions that were considered during the planning for
the 2011-2012 events program.
 On January 9, 2012 the Chapter President together with Mr. Bill Kessels met with Ms. Corinne Charette,
CIO of Canada, Mr. Wade Daley, Senior Director, IT Policy Development & Oversight, and Mr. Robert
Graham, Director, Community Planning and Generics. The discussion revolved around the role the local
ISACA chapter and ISACA International could play – by leveraging access to valuable ISACA material via
ISACA membership; the value provided by the CISM and CGEIT certifications; the upcoming COBIT 5.0
framework; and via the ISACA OVC events and those organized by its local partners – in helping the
federal government meet the demand for various skills that will be required in the future in the information
technology world, especially in the context of significant changes happening, such as the recent launch of
Shared Services Canada.
 In the month of May 2012, our chapter partnered with the Baton Rouge’s (Louisiana, USA) ISACA
chapter to offer a webinar for the June 2012 CISM exam review.
Strategic goal #3: Continuously improve on our member-centric focus by strengthening communications with our
membership to ensure that we address their professional development needs with appropriate, high quality, and
timely training initiatives. Ensure that ISACA OVC is recognized as a highly respected and sought-after resource
for professional education and development:
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We organized several high caliber events during the past fiscal year:
o October 2012: “Information Assurance in the Real World“ in partnership with NCSPF, which
benefited from several high caliber speakers, including Mr. Lynn Mattice, Managing Director of
Mattice & Associates, President and Founder, National Economic Security Grid, Chairman
Emeritus of the National Intellectual Property Law Institute, Senior Fellow of the George
Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute.
o November 2012: “Orchestrating IT Value Delivery”, a course is offered by the Centre for
Information Technology, Organizations, and People (CITOP) at the Sprott School of Business, in
collaboration with ISACA OVC, CMC Eastern Ontario, CMA Eastern Ontario District, and CMA
Outaouais, with Dr. Gerald Grant, Director of the Centre for Information Technology,
Organizations, and People (CITOP) and Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Information
Systems Area at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University in Ottawa, and Rob Collins,
past CIO of Cognos, Inc as instructors.
o December 2012: ISACA OVC’s Wine & Cheese event with speaker Wynn Fenwick, Chief
Technical Architect, Global Managed Security Services at CGI. The presentation focused on how
mobile computing and bring-your-own device pressures drive wireless and sensitive data mobility.
o May 2012: CISM exam review webinar in partnership with the Baton Rouge’s (Louisiana, USA)
ISACA chapter.
We have re-launched the chapter’s LinkedIn group, assigned a group administrator and developed a
code of conduct for it.
Strategic goal #4: Take actively part in a public-private partnership (PPPs) between federal, provincial and
municipal tiers of government, as well as local universities, colleges, non-profit professional organizations, and
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private sector organizations in the areas of information systems assurance and security, enterprise governance of
IT, and IT-related risk and compliance:
 We have been working with the Atlantic Provinces ISACA chapter on findings ways to offer future joint
webinars to our respective members in the future. We also promoted sister chapters’ (e.g., Toronto)
seminars to our members and asked them to do the same for our chapter.
 We have been very active in working with the organizations that are part of the NCSPF in developing a
memorandum of understanding and additional building stones for the newly formed organization. In fact,
as mentioned above, by organizing the very first one, we spearheaded a series of very successful
NCSPF events. We were also instrumental in helping the NCSPF become the entity it is today. We
helped create a foundation that has allowed it to establish similar Forum networks in 11 jurisdictions
across Canada, which in turn also has served to benefit other ISACA chapters across Canada.
 See also above for information on presentations made at local universities.
At this point, on behalf of the chapter, I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to Enzo Bertorelli, who, in his
most recent role as Nominating Committee Chair, did a tremendous job of contacting potential candidates wanting
to join our Board of Directors, and preparing everything for today’s nominations and election.
Regretfully, this is the year when we say goodbye to Alexander Zakharov, Tomek Plucinski, Pierre Liu, and Peter
Robinson. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of them for their hard work over the years. I wish to also
thank all Board Members and Volunteers for their past contributions and their dedication to our chapter, and I
would like to take this opportunity, just like last year, to emphasize the importance of having a growing number of
volunteers from our community involved in the operations of our chapter. Our entire organization is built on and
functions as a result of the time professionals dedicate to various activities, and the quality and the quantity of
new initiatives, events, etc. directly depends on the number and the level of willingness of those who volunteer for
the chapter. Therefore, I would like to encourage all our members to get more involved with our chapter in the
new fiscal year.
I would also like to thank Deloitte, for their support to our chapter over the past year through their provision of
meeting space and logistics for our Board of Directors’ meetings.
Finally, to all chapter members, please feel free to contact me or any of our Board members if you have any
questions or comments regarding how we can improve our chapter’s activities. Your feedback has been, and will
always be most appreciated.
Robert Venczel, MBA, CMA, CISA, PMP, CIA
Chapter President
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AGM 2011 Minutes
Call To Order and President’s Report
President Robert Venczel called to order the June 14, 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting was
held at the National Arts Centre with sixty-seven members in attendance. Robert welcomed members and other
attendees. He shared ISACA OVC’s Mission: To support our ever-increasing number of members and the
organizations they represent with access to knowledge, certifications, education, and contact with local
colleagues. He also shared the chapter’s Vision: To move confidently into the ranks of large ISACA chapters.
Membership statistics showed an increase of 14.7% over last year’s number, from 375 to 430 members (230
CISA, 67 CISM, 29 CGEIT, and 42 CRISC). Exam passers (June 2010 and December 2010) include:
 CISA: 20 members and 5 non-members
 CISM: 7 members and one non-member
 CGEIT; one member
Robert provided an overview of the events organized by the Program Committee in 2010-2011:
 October 2010:
 CobiT Exam Prep course presented by Peter Davis
 “Navigating the Internet Minefield: How to Identify and Correct Human Security Awareness
Deficiencies” presented by Scott Wright.
 November 2010:
 “Government of Canada – Aging Information Technology Infrastructure” presented by Richard
Brisebois.
 December 2010:
 Joint ISACA-IIA breakfast event on “The Impact of Social Media on the World of Auditing” presented
by Sherif Koussa and Chris Pierre.
 January 2011:
 Session on “Canada's Cyber Security Strategy” presented by Rose Coelho.
 April 2011:
 Hosted the ISACA 2011 Training Week.
Robert shared that 83 people replied to our Chapter members’ survey (Fall 2010):
 78% of respondents indicated that they were in an audit role at that time
 Almost half of them were working in the public sector
 More than 50% indicated that the main reason for them to attend a Chapter event is the topic of interest
 A large number of those surveyed expressed interest in attending joint sessions with various other
professional organizations, such as ISSA, The IIA, and CFE
 Some of the indicated that they are also members of other organizations, with 25% of them being part of
The IIA
Raising awareness – within the federal government – of the importance of IT audit, ISACA, the local Chapter and
its members, the ISACA designations, and the ISACA developed tools:
 Mr. James Ralston, Comptroller General of Canada
 Mr. Brian Aiken, Assistant Comptroller General and Mr. David Coderre, Director Internal Audit Sector
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Future meetings:
 CAATTs Working Group Meeting (co-chaired by Mr. Coderre)
 Ms. Corinne Charette, CIO of Canada
Other activities of the Chapter were to build partnerships with other Ottawa-based professional organizations:
 Meetings last fall with the President, the Vice President Strategic, and the two Program/Continuing
Education Co-Chairs of the Ottawa IIA Chapter:
 Joint events
 Cross-advertising of our events to our respective membership via Chapter websites.
 Similar agreements: Ottawa Chapters of ISSA and AFCEA.
 Under negotiation: Ottawa Chapter of HTCIA
This year, ISACA Ottawa Valley received a Silver Award from ISACA International for the design, content and
management of the ISACA Ottawa Chapter’s website.
Robert was pleased to announce a $1,000 Chapter’s Annual Scholarship Award to Mr. Simon Couvrette, a 4th
year student at the University of Ottawa.
Robert thanked the Nominating Committee:
 Selma Tennenhouse (Chair), Past President
 Enzo Bertorelli, Director CISA
The AGM Organizing Committee:
 Willa Schwartz
 Alexander Zakharov
 Samrawit Tamru
 Feixue (Felix) Lei
 Tomek Plucinski
 Phillip Ngibuini
Thank you to special sponsor Interis Consulting Inc.
A big thank you to all Board Members and Volunteers for their past year’s contributions and their dedication to our
Chapter.
Approval of Minutes from the 2008 AGM
The draft minutes from the 2010 AGM, included in the Annual Report, were presented by Joanna Murphy,
Chapter Secretary.
Record of Decision 2011-01: motion to approve the draft 2010 minutes with a seconded motion. All members
present voted by show of hands in favour to accept the 2010 AGM Minutes.
Quorum: Members in attendance: approximately sixty-seven.
Record of Decision 2011-02: motion to approve the Agenda for today’s Annual General Meeting with a
seconded motion. All members present voted by show of hands in favour to accept the 2011 AGM Agenda.
Presentation of Financial Statements
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Pierre Liu, Treasurer, presented the June 30, 2010 Final Chapter Financial Statements for 2009-2010. A
moderate net loss was realized for 2009-2010. Accounts Receivable has been at its lowest level over the past
three years. The Financial Statements were accepted by the Board of Directors on October 20, 2010. Pierre
presented the Interim Financial Statements for 2010-2011 (March 31, 2011), both of which were included in the
Annual Report to Members.
Notes fiscal year 2011:
Surplus of revenues over expenses of $ 4,648
We continued to keep the Account Receivable at a very low level
Increase in revenue from membership dues
New $500 Algonquin College scholarship
No advertising revenue
 Free entrance to our June 14th luncheon: CISA, CISM, and/or GEIT exams passers, and those
grandfathered for the CRISC designation this year
Record of Decision 2011-01: motion to approve the Financial Statements for 2010-11 with a seconded motion.
All members present voted by show of hands in favour to accept the Financial Statements for 2010-11.
Presentation of Chapter Scholarship
Qiu Tong, Director of Academic Relations presented the $1,000 Chapter’s Annual Scholarship Award to Mr.
Simon Couvrette, a 4th year student at the University of Ottawa:
Enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce program, option in Accounting, and maintains an overall average of 9.0
Successfully completed the Accounting Information Systems Auditing course with a final grade of AServed as the Co-President of the University of Ottawa Accounting Club
Participated in the Jeux de Commerce 2011, where his team finished 3rd in taxation
Previously held student positions at:
Canada Revenue Agency
Office of the Auditor General
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP
Introduction of Successful CISA, CISM and CGEIT Candidates
Each Director of CISA, CISM and CGEIT presented the successful CISA, CISM and CGEIT candidates as well as
the new CRISC designations holders.
Nominations and Election of 2011-2012 Board of Directors
Selma Tennenhouse, Chair of Nominating Committee outlined the nomination and election process then
presented the nominees for the 2011-12 Board of Directors:
President - Robert Venczel, MBA, CMA, CISA, PMP, CIA
Vice-President and Program Chair - Alexander Zakharov, M.Sc., CISSP, CISA
Secretary - Joanna Murphy, CISA, CISSP, CIPP/C
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Treasurer - Nadir A. Djerboua, CISA, CMA
Director, Membership - Andrew Kissman, CISA, CISSP
Director, Communications - Peter Robinson, CISA
Past-President - Selma Tennenhouse, PMP, CGEIT
Director, CISA - Enzo Bertorelli, CISSP, CISA, CBM, CIPP(C)
Director, CISM - Yong Jin, CISM
Director, Marketing - Dev S. Kohli, CISSP
Director, Academic Relations - Feixue Lei
Director, IT Governance - Tom Plucinski, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, PMP
Director at Large - Pierre Liu, CISA, CMA, CFE
Webmaster (Advisory Member) - Bing Wen, CISA, CISSP, CCE, GCIH
The floor was opened up to any other nominations. No other nominations were put forth from the members
present.
Record of Decision 2011-03: motion to approve the new Board of Directors with a seconded motion. All
members present voted by show of hands in favour to accept the new Board of Directors.
Outgoing Board Members
Dave Campbell 25 years
Marcel Lacasse – 4 years
Selma Tennenhouse 3 years (+ 1 year on Program Committee)
Noel Dubois – 3 years
Qiu Tong – 3 years
Tom Campbell – 2 years
Monty McGuire – 2 years (+ 1 year on Program Committee)
A special award was presented to Dave Campbell for his longstanding service to ISACA OVC.
Incoming President’s Remarks
Robert shared his future plans:
Increase the number of Chapter volunteers
Further develop existing partnerships and establish new ties in the Ottawa professional community
Continue to raise the Chapter’s profile with the federal government coupled with the lobbying of ISACA
International for group public sector membership fees
Enhance the Chapter’s local and international profile through new and exciting events, participation in
conferences, etc.
Sponsorship Program
New Chapter website – Focus point of our marketing & communications program
Robert Venczel adjourned the 2011 Annual General Meeting at 11:50AM.
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Treasurer’s Report
2010-2011 Financial Statements
For the 12 months ended June 30, 2011, the following points were observed:
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A moderate net loss of $1,144 was incurred. This loss had a very limited impact on the chapter’s
overall financial position which remains very positive due to the surplus accumulated over the past
number of years.
On the balance sheet, Accounts Receivables continued to decrease. This trend is the result of the
introduction four years ago of the online payments facility for event registration.
The 2010-2011 (year end June 30, 2011) verification letter was sent to ISACA international on
November 17, 2011.
Due to challenges in securing an independent volunteer verifier, the 2009-2010 financial statements
verification process was only completed in January 2012. The verification letter was forwarded to
ISACA International on January 13, 2012.
2011-2012 Financial Statements
The financial statements for the nine month interim period starting July 1, 2011 and ending March 31, 2012 are
reported below, following this Treasurer’s Report. The following comments highlight some of the activities that
impacted these statements:
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For the 9 months ending March 31, 2011 the chapter realized a surplus of revenues over expenses of
$ 4,144. This surplus can be attributed to the following factors:
o A steady increase in membership fees (6.6% year over year). This increase is directly related
to the growth in the number of members.
o The accounting function, which was handled in the past by an external accountant on
contract, is now maintained in house by the Treasurer. This initiative results in $1,200 in
savings per fiscal year, starting with the current year.
o The chapter has $40,000 invested in GICs, on a rolling basis. The interest derived from these
GICs provides additional funding flexibility for the chapter.
o During the year, the chapter took advantage of the marketing assistance program offered by
ISACA international, with the amount being used to place ads in the Frontline Security
Magazine.
The chapter is participating in three scholarship programs offered by University of Ottawa, Carleton
University and Algonquin College with a commitment of $1,000, $1,000, and $500 for each institution
respectively. The $1,000 University of Ottawa scholarship has been paid in the month of March 2012.
As has been the practice in previous years and in order to give back to our members, the Board of
Directors invited all chapter members to a free Wine & Cheese event held at the NAC on December
13, 2011.
The Board of Directors continues to show stewardship over the assets of the chapter and is
constantly looking for ways to increase revenues and reduce costs of operations. To that end
partnerships with other associations are increasingly used to organize events of similar interest. This
was the case for example with the evening event which was held in conjunction with the National
Capital Security Partnership Forum, which attracted over 130 participants.
Nadir Djerboua, M.Sc., CMA, CISA
Treasurer, Ottawa Valley Chapter
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Balance Sheet
(Prepared without audit verification)
ISACA -OTTAWA VALLEY CHAPTER
Balance Sheet as at:
31-Mar-12
(Interim)
30-Jun-11
30-Jun-10
30-Jun-09
30-Jun-08
30-Jun-07
Assets
Cash
Accounts Receivable
ISACA Chapter US Account
US Currency Variance
11,121
9,620
7,915
16,449
10,593
6,120
1,352
812
1,255
1,058
4,911
10,735
-
280
545
320
4,189
7,825
(166)
(166)
35
-
-
-
-
Prepaid expenses
Term Deposit
40,000
40,000
40,000
34,778
33,692
27,708
TOTAL ASSETS
52,307
50,546
49,750
52,604
53,385
52,388
166
2,549
610
853
2,528
337
Surplus (Deficit)
52,141
47,997
49,141
51,751
50,858
52,051
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
52,307
50,546
49,750
52,604
53,385
52,388
30-Jun-10
30-Jun-09
30-Jun-08
30-Jun-07
Liabilities and Surplus
Accounts Payable & Accrued Liabilities
Statement of (Surplus) Deficit
31-Mar-12
(Interim)
SURPLUS (DEFICIT) BEGINNING
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF
REVENUES OVER EXPENSES
30-Jun-11
47,997
49,141
51,751
50,858
52,051
39,725
4,144
(1,144)
(2,610)
893
(1,193)
12,663
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TOTAL SURPLUS (DEFICIT)
52,141
47,997
49,141
51,751
50,858
52,051
30-Jun-10
30-Jun-09
30-Jun-08
30-Jun-07
Income Statement
(Prepared without audit verification)
ISACA -OTTAWA VALLEY CHAPTER
Statement of Revenue and Expenditures
For the Period Ended
31-Mar-12
(Interim)
30-Jun-11
Revenues
Program Event Revenue
8,319
14,360
34,472
9,749
24,269
37,403
Membership
9,300
8,726
5,519
6,025
3,163
3,418
200
-
800
700
500
600
2,616
1,802
271
1,087
984
994
20,435
24,888
41,062
17,561
28,916
42,415
9,346
14,690
31,856
6,223
20,506
23,416
-
-
788
-
13
588
6,109
7,821
7,665
6,993
4,497
2,974
Scholarship
-
1,500
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
CISA
-
-
367
-
405
-
CGEIT
-
-
120
-
-
-
Bad Debts Expense
-
535
703
2,213
2,480
1,745
573
789
821
83
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Web site postings
Miscellaneous
TOTAL REVENUES
Expenditures
Program Expenses
Marketing
General and Administrative
Bank Charges
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Foreign Exchange (Gain) Loss
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF
REVENUES OVER EXPENSES
263
697
352
156
1,198
0
16,291
26,032
43,672
16,668
30,108
29,752
4,144
(1,144)
(2,610)
893
(1,193)
12,663
VP and Chair of Program Committee Update
This year the Program Committee planned for a series of events designed to reflect the broad interests of our
constituencies: topics related to IT Audit, Security, and Governance; topics of interest to public service and private
sector participants; subject matter reflecting current practice and emerging technologies; and sessions featuring
local and visiting speakers.
We started the fall session in early October 2010 with an event organized jointly with the National Capital Security
Partnership Forum (NCSPF), which benefited from the presence of several high caliber speakers:
 Mr. Lynn Mattice, Managing Director of Mattice & Associates, President and Founder, National Economic
Security Grid, Chairman Emeritus of the National Intellectual Property Law Institute, Senior Fellow of the
George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute;
 Mr. Ron Bilodeau former Deputy Minister and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet (Intergovernmental
Relations) Privy Council Office; and
 Mr. Francis J. D’Addario, CFE CPP, Security Executive Council (SEC) Emeritus Faculty, Strategic
Influence and Innovation (former Vice President of Partner and Asset Protection for Starbucks Coffee).
In November 2010, we partnered with the Centre for Information Technology, Organizations, and People (CITOP)
at the Sprott School of Business, in collaboration with ISACA OVC, CMC Eastern Ontario, CMA Eastern Ontario
District, and CMA Outaouais to offer a one day CITOP course titled “Orchestrating IT Value Delivery” taught by
two highly regarded instructors:
 Dr. Gerald Grant, Director of the Centre for Information Technology, Organizations, and People (CITOP)
and Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Information Systems Area at the Sprott School of
Business, Carleton University in Ottawa; and
 Rob Collins, past CIO of Cognos, Inc.
In December 2012, we organized the ISACA OVC’s Wine & Cheese event with speaker Wynn Fenwick, Chief
Technical Architect, Global Managed Security Services at CGI. The presentation focused on how mobile
computing and bring-your-own device pressures drive wireless and sensitive data mobility.
Finally, in May 2012, we partnered with the Baton Rouge’s (Louisiana, USA) ISACA chapter to offer a CISM exam
review webinar.
Our last event of the season is, as usual, the Annual General Meeting, which celebrates another successful year
for the chapter and our members. Our guest speaker is Mr. Ken Taylor, Vice President of Cyber Resilience Canada, CGI. The topic of his talk is: “Cyber Crime and the effects on Canadians.” This is one of our more
complex events, involving the preparation of the Annual Report to Members, recruitment of a slate of nominees
for next years’ Board of Directors, a guest speaker, a lunch, recognition of our new certification recipients and
scholarship winner, and farewells to our retiring Board members. Many volunteers on the Board of Directors and
the Program Committee contributed to the success of this event.
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The success of our program is due in large part to our guest speakers whose expertise has drawn such interest
and who have been generous in contributing their time. I would like to thank them and our hard-working Program
Committee volunteers – Willa Schwartz and Joanna Murphy – for making this a very successful year.
The Program Committee is here to respond to our members’ interests and needs. We welcome your suggestions
for topics and speakers. New volunteers for the Program Committee are always welcome. I also encourage you
to visit our Program Events page at www.isaca-ottawa.ca/programevents regularly for information about coming
events.
Alexander Zakharov
Vice-President and Program Chair
Director Communications Update
Our e-mail circulation list for the year sits at just over 600 recipients, including members and other interested
professionals from both the public and private sectors. In addition to direct e-mail, we also leveraged our
relationships with other professional association in Ottawa, and the mainstream media to promote our events and
certifications. The ISACA OVC Chapter also officially re-launched our LinkedIn group, as a communication tool
for our members to leverage in maintaining their professional contacts and to discuss topics of interest in areas
related to ISACA certifications.
We continued to support the busy schedules of our members through the filtering of unsolicited e-mails, by
providing direct assistance to members through e-mail Q&A, by making training and certification opportunities
through other ISACA chapters known to our members, and by referring interested third parties to our website
(generating advertising revenue for the Chapter) for the promotion of their training seminar announcements, job
postings, events, etc.
As in the previous years all e-mail communication of upcoming events was done in both official languages. Event
notices were posted on the Chapter website thanks to the coordinated efforts of our webmaster and program
event organizers.
Peter Robinson, CISA
Director, Communications
Director Membership Update
As your new Membership Director I am pleased to report that 2011-2012 has proven to be another steady year for
the growth of our Chapter. Membership in the Ottawa Valley Chapter has trended upward as have the total
number of certified members particularly as it concerns the popular CRISC.
A review of our roster reveals that we continue to maintain presence in the local information systems audit, risk
management, security and controls and governance communities. More detail of our metrics follows:
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Our membership has increased from 425 to 441 members on our roster;
We continue to expand in both the private and public sectors;
Members with certifications:
o CGEIT: 28;
o CRISC:76;
o CISA: 251; and
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CISM: 74.
A word of caution, although our total numbers appear to be increasing, the number of renewals as a percentage
of our chapter is in gradual decline:
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2010 Renewal Percentage 87.02%;
2011 Renewal Percentage 87.89%; and
2012 Renewal Percentage 85.23%1.
This trend has been noted by the currently serving board. A strategic meeting was conducted in March 2012, with
Michel Lambert, the regional representative of the Membership Growth Retention Committee (MGRC), to express
concerns and seek advice for membership retention initiatives. Some of these initiatives are being considered for
implementation in the forthcoming year.
Lastly, an update to our statistics on the number of years that members have been involved in ISACA follows:
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Now 40, was (32)2 Platinum Level members (15 plus years);
53 (37) Gold Level member (10 - 14 Years);
184 (92) Silver Level members (5 to 9 years); and
105 (46) Bronze Level members (3 to 4 years).
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New for 2012 - A Business Framework for the Governance and Management of Enterprise IT COBIT 5
(http://www.isaca.org/COBIT);
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Discounted subscription and complimentary
(http://www.isaca.org/cobitonline);
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Discounts on CISA,
CISM, CGEIT
(http://www.isaca.org/certification);
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Discounts on leading-edge technical and managerial conferences and workshops organized by ISACA
International (refer to http://www.isaca.org/conferences for upcoming events);
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Subscription to the bimonthly Information Systems Control Newsletter (http://www.isaca.org/AboutISACA/-ISACA-Newsletter/Pages/);
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Full access to K-NET, a global IT governance knowledge resource (http://www.isaca.org/knet);
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Discounts on research publications and convenient access to peer-reviewed Bookstore publications
(http://www.isaca.org/bookstore);
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Documents and presentations from the IT Governance Institute on various aspects of IT governance
(http://www.itgi.org/);
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Standards, statements and guidelines for information systems audit and control professionals
(http://www.isaca.org/standards); and
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Online access to member-only material, which includes a variety of professional resources, such as
internal control questionnaires (ICQs) and audit programs (http://www.isaca.org/icq).
and
baseline
CRISC
Based on the number of members invoiced for 2012.
Statistics in brackets retained from last year’s report for comparison.
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Change of Address Reminder
Please don’t forget us if you are changing addresses. Maintaining current and accurate contact information is
central to our ability to keep you informed about upcoming events. We are especially interested in your current email address. Please update your address at http://www.isaca.org.
ISACA Membership Rate
ISACA International dues will remain US $135 in 2013. The new member processing fee will remain US $30,
discounted to US $10 for individuals who join online. ISACA dues for full-time students will remain US $25, and
ISACA dues for retired members will remain US $67.50. In a recent e-vote by the ISACA OVC Board it was
decided that all chapter membership rates would remain unchanged for 2012-2013.
As part of our efforts to continue to grow our membership, please remember that our Chapter welcomes both
experienced professionals and students just starting their careers. Students benefit from reduced membership
dues of US $25 (plus local dues) annually.
Andrew Kissmann, CISA, CISSP
Membership Director
Director CISA Update
The Certified Information Systems Auditor continues to be one of the strongest and most sought after worldwide.
Our chapter had a very successful and busy year. At last verification, our chapter counts 251 CISA’s. In the last
year, 31 of our members received their CISA.
Our success was largely attained due to one on one contact with prospective and qualified candidates, word of
mouth in the community as well as presentations to relevant groups within the Ottawa accounting and IT
communities.
We continued to develop our Public Library Program to help recycle manuals used by past successful candidates
to new prospective ones through the Ottawa Public Library system. While we recommend that the final
preparation for the CISA exam be done with the latest version of the preparation manuals, our public library
program provides prospective candidates with a no cost/no risk way to explore if the CISA certification is right for
them and, if so, to begin their course of study.
Enzo Bertorelli, CISSP, CISA, CBM, CIPP(C)
Director, CISA
Director CISM Update
I am very pleased to report that with a total of 11 candidates in 2011, our Chapter’s pass rate increased to 100%
in the June exams, 75% in the December exams and 91% for the year overall. The top 3 Chapter CISM scorers
were: Mrs. Melodie Campbell, Mr. Stephane Guillemette, and Mr. Alexander Zakharov (June 2011)
The chapter partnered with Baton Rouge Chapter (US) to offer a webinar for the June 2012 CISM exam review.
This is the first time the Chapter arranged an internet-based exam review.
Yong Jin, CISM
Director, CISM
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Director Marketing Update
The highlight of this year’s marketing activity was the joint ISACA Ottawa Valley Chapter (ISACA OVC) and
National Capital Security Partnership Forum (NCSPF) event titled “Information Assurance in the Real World“, held
on October 12th of last year where we showcased ISACA and our certifications. We orchestrated a very
successful marketing campaign by publishing ads in the FrontLine Security magazine in the fall of 2011 and again
in the spring of 2012. The Chapter President was also interviewed by the magazine about the local chapter’s
activities and the role ISACA certified individuals play in helping organizations implement key controls to reduce
the probability of cyber attacks happening, and their expected impact. It is anticipated that preparatory
groundwork done this year will lead to more marketing activity in the years to come.
Dev. S. Kohli, CISSP
Director, Marketing
Director Academic Relations Update
This has been another successful year for academic initiatives. Through various guest lectures and events, we
promoted ISACA and its certifications in local academic schools including University of Ottawa, Carleton
University, and Algonquin College.
2011-2012 Summary of Events
Date
Apr 4, 2012
Event
Donor and Scholarship
Recognition Reception
Guest Lecture
Speaker / Participants
Feixue (Felix) Lei
Venue
University of Ottawa
Mar 29, 2012
Guest Lecture, Accounting
Information Systems Auditing
(ADM 4346)
University of Ottawa
Nov 24, 2011
Guest
Lecture,
Systems Auditing
(ADM 4346)
Enzo Bertorelli,
Feixue (Felix) Lei,
Sarah Lyons,
Samer Weatherstone
Robert Venczel
Elias Hage,
Tyler Brown,
Samer Weatherstone
Nov 16, 2011
Guest Lecture, Auditing II
(BUSI4009)
Feixue (Felix) Lei,
Bill Kessels
Carleton University
Oct 19 2011
Algonquin College Advanced
Technology Awards Night
Yong Jin
Algonquin College
Information
University of Ottawa
I would like to thank all the speakers and participants above, as well as professor Sheldon Weatherstone and
Matt Williams, who offer the guest lecture opportunities.
Scholarship for University of Ottawa
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Our chapter awards a $1000 scholarship every year to a student at University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of
management who has demonstrated volunteer involvement and achieved academic excellence in courses related
to information system audit and control, risk, security, and governance of enterprise IT. The recipient of our
scholarship for 2011--2012 academic year is Ms. Heidi Melenchuk. Ms. Melenchuk is a 4th year student at
University of Ottawa. She is enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce program, and maintains an overall average of
9.1. During the fall 2010 semester, she successfully completed the course ADM 2372 - Management of
Information Systems and Technology with a grade of A-. She is also involved in many volunteer activities in
student communities including conducting audits of the ten Telfer student clubs, and participating in several
academic competitions.
On behalf of the ISACA Ottawa Valley Chapter, I would like to congratulate Ms. Melenchuk on this award and her
outstanding academic accomplishments and community contributions to date.
Algonquin College Award
Starting this year, we initiated a $500 award to a student in the school of Advanced Technology in the Computer
Systems Technology Security program who has demonstrated academic excellence. The recipient of the award
for the year is Mr. Nino Pasalic, as he has demonstrated academic excellence this academic year. On behalf of
the ISACA Ottawa Valley Chapter, I would like to congratulate Mr. Nino Pasalic on this award and his outstanding
academic accomplishments.
Scholarship for Carleton University
As part of our academic initiatives at Carleton University, we are setting up a $1000 scholarship to be awarded to
a student in the Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business. Negotiation for the terms of the scholarship is in
progress.
Feixue (Felix) Lei
Director, Academic Relations
Director IT Governance Update
Ian 2011/2012 we were all awaiting a major new release of CobiT 5 which indeed occurred in April 2012. We are
at early stages of preparation for CobiT 5 training. ISACA international is preparing instructional materials for its
new flagship product and we hope to be able to offer new training in the near future.
CGEIT certification holder number is steady. Ottawa Valley Chapter continues to provide support to members
interested in pursuing this certification on one on one basis.
Tom Plucinski, CISA, CISSP, PMP
Director, IT Governance
Webmaster Update
We continued to channel job advertising in the areas of information systems assurance and security, enterprise
governance of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance through ISACA OVC’s website. The ISACA Ottawa Chapter
website has been running in maintenance mode, pending a board decision to migrate from the current static
monolithic structure to a more robust content management system.
Bing Wen, CISA, CISSP, CCE, GCIH
Webmaster
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Nominations for Board of Directors 2012-2013
Voting Members
President
Enzo Bertorelli, CISSP, CISA, CBM, CIPP(C)
Fortezza Consulting
Vice-President and Program Chair
Alain Rocan, CA, CISA, CISSP, CIA, CIPP/C
Deloitte
Secretary
Vacant
Treasurer
Nadir Djerboua, M.Sc., CMA, CISA
Director, Communications
Joanna Murphy, CISA, CISSP, CIPP/C
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Director, Membership
Andrew Kissman, CISA, CISSP
Deloitte
Director, CISA Certification
Vacant
Director, CISM Certification
Yong Jin, CISM
CGI Group Inc.
Director, Marketing
Dev S. Kohli, CISSP
Risk Dynamix Corp.
Past-President
Robert Venczel, MBA, CMA, CISA, PMP, CIA
Bivium Executive Consulting Ltd.
Director, Academic Relations
Feixue Lei
Director, IT Governance
Vacant
Director at Large
Vacant
Advisory Member
Webmaster
Bing Wen, CISA, CISSP, CCE, GCIH
House of Commons
Note to members:
The Chair of the Nominating Committee will be asking for nominations from the floor. Any ISACA member seeking
such a nomination should be prepared to introduce him or herself to the membership by stating:
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Your name
Professional qualifications
Board position that you are interested in
A brief summary (not exceeding 2 minutes) as to why you are best suited for this BOD position.
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Appendix A – Chapter Board of Directors 2011-2012
Voting Members
President
Robert Venczel, MBA, CMA, CISA, PMP, CIA
Bivium Executive Consulting Ltd.
Vice-President and Program Chair
Alexander Zakharov, M.Sc., CISSP, CISA
ALFTEL Systems Ltd.
Secretary
Joanna Murphy, CISA, CISSP, CIPP/C
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Treasurer
Nadir Djerboua, M.Sc., CMA, CISA
Director, Communications
Peter Robinson, CISA
Consulting, Gartner Canada Co.
Director, Membership
Andrew Kissman, CISA, CISSP
Deloitte
Director, CISA Certification
Enzo Bertorelli, CISSP, CISA, CBM, CIPP(C)
Fortezza Consulting
Director, CISM Certification
Yong Jin, CISM
CGI Group Inc.
Director, Marketing
Dev S. Kohli, CISSP
Risk Dynamix Corp.
Past-President
Selma Tennenhouse, PMP, CGEIT
SelmaRT Consulting
Director, Academic Relations
Feixue Lei
Director, IT Governance
Tom Plucinski, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, PMP
Security and Privacy Services, CGI
Director at Large
Pierre Liu, CISA, CMA, CFE
Audit Services Canada
Advisory Member
Webmaster
Bing Wen, CISA, CISSP, CCE, GCIH
House of Commons
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Appendix B – Program Committee Members 2011-2012
Alexander Zakharov
Willa Schwartz
Robert Venczel
Joanna Murphy
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Appendix C – Past Chapter Presidents
Chapter officially formed on September 5, 1978 by Robert J. Swinden, Office of the Auditor General of Canada.
Fiscal Year
Name
Organization
2011 – 2012
Robert Venczel
Bivium Executive Consulting Ltd.
2010 – 2011
Robert Venczel
Bivium Executive Consulting Ltd.
2009 – 2010
Selma Tennenhouse
SelmaRT Consulting
2008 – 2009
Tony Brigandi
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
2007 – 2008
Liz Gyalokay
Gyalokay Consultants
2006 – 2007
Ivan Milam
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
2005 – 2006
Ivan Milam
Deloitte
2004 – 2005
David Holder
Public Service Commission
2003 – 2004
Denis Proulx
Health Canada
2002 – 2003
Richard Brisebois
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
2001 – 2002
Madeleine Chin
Consulting and Audit Canada
2000 – 2001
Neil MacDowall
Public Works and Government Services
1999 – 2000
Robin DiNardo
Department of National Defence
1998 – 1999
Arnie Francis
Hallux Consulting Inc.
1997 – 1998
Jean Mignault
Canada Post Corporation
1996 – 1997
Maggie Saxon-Kopke
Canada Deposit Insurance Corp (CDIC)
1995 – 1996
Mary McBride
Hallux Consulting Inc.
1994 – 1995
Jim Lloyd
Treasury Board Secretariat
1993 – 1994
David Prime
CCG
1992 – 1993
Ross Quane
Deloitte & Touche
1991 – 1992
Robin DiNardo
Consulting and Audit Canada
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Fiscal Year
Name
Organization
1990 – 1991
Gary Voellmecke
Coopers & Lybrand
1988 – 1989
John Gunter
Ottawa General Hospital
1989 – 1990
David Campbell
Revenue Canada
1987 – 1988
Joanne Stidwill
Coopers and Lybrand
1986 – 1987
Howard DuBois
Hallux Consulting Inc.
1985 – 1986
Jim Libbey
Treasury Board Secretariat
1984 – 1985
Brian Sanderson
Ernst & Young LLP
1983 – 1984
Joe Goods
1982 – 1983
David Roth
1981 – 1982
Graeham Brown
Consulting and Audit Canada
1980 – 1981
Ronald Chuchryk
iQuest Global Inc.
1979 – 1980
Robert Swinden
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
1978 – 1979
Don Brown
Coopers and Lybrand
1970's (part year)
Gregory Boyd
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
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